Thursday, April 21, 2011

Teaching and Sustainability

DePaul's new sustainability website illustrates some of the important new initiatives taking place across the university. After learning more about sustainability at DePaul, these resources may provide some ideas for bringing the subject into the classroom:

An easy-to-use online Carbon Footprint Calculator will prompt students to consider their own impact on the environment.

Vanderbilt's Center for Teaching offers some concrete tips for teaching sustainability and points to further resources on the topic.

The Ecological Society of America provides helpful ecological fact-sheets that instructors could use to spark discussions or in-class writing exercises.

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